Tue, 04 Jun 2019 13:15:49 -0700WeeblyTue, 03 Jun 2014 16:42:01 GMThttp://grymeslab.weebly.com/grade-2-blog-2013-2014/summer-workToday students will practice logging into arcademics.com where their math practice work for the summer work will be located. They will also have a chance to try out the activities on the G2 Summertime link on the 2nd grade webpage where more math, money, and time activities are located. The picture below is linked to the G2 Summertime page.

]]>Tue, 27 May 2014 16:30:09 GMThttp://grymeslab.weebly.com/grade-2-blog-2013-2014/my-favorite-things-projectToday the students will work in groups to finish the cover for their "My Favorite Things" project for their "adopted grandparents" at Dogwood Village. They will be printed out so that the students can present the booklet as a gift to their adopted grandparents during their final visit to Dogwood Village later this week. See examples below of covers that were finished today in class.

]]>Wed, 30 Apr 2014 03:07:49 GMThttp://grymeslab.weebly.com/grade-2-blog-2013-2014/my-favorite-thingsToday students will begin a new project that they will present as a gift to their "adopted grandparents" at Dogwood Village. On one of their first visits of the school year, students asked their "adopted grandparents" a series of questions about their favorite things. They will take that information and use Pixie to create a present. Below is an example of the cover of one project from last year.

]]>Tue, 08 Apr 2014 16:36:32 GMThttp://grymeslab.weebly.com/grade-2-blog-2013-2014/lego-graphEach half of the class is meeting for a full period for this computer activity about graphing. The beginning of the class was a brief review about the benefits of graphing. During math in their classroom, students previously sorted a small bag of Legos by color and graphed them on a worksheet. They took the same data and entered it into an Excel Spreadsheet to create a bar graph and then looked at other ways to present the data (e.g. column, line, pie, bar, doughnut, etc.)

]]>Wed, 02 Apr 2014 02:50:33 GMThttp://grymeslab.weebly.com/grade-2-blog-2013-2014/introduction-to-spreadsheetsToday I will introduce the class to the concept of spreadsheets. They will learn that spreadsheets are used for information that is laid out in tables and that people use spreadsheets to sort, calculate, and graph. The students will learn 4 new vocabulary words – worksheet, column, row, and cell. We will also do an exercise in which they will start Microsoft Excel, learn to navigate a spreadsheet, identify cells, and enter data which will create a recognizable picture. Each half of the class will remain in the computer lab for an entire period for this lesson.

We are currently doing a month long trial of Arcademics (ends March 23). Today I'm going to show the students how to access the games so they can play from home.

Click here to access Arcademics.

]]>Wed, 05 Mar 2014 00:25:33 GMThttp://grymeslab.weebly.com/grade-2-blog-2013-2014/happy-birthday-dr-seussThis week marks the 110th anniversary of Dr. Seuss' birth. Since 1998, the National Education Association (NEA) has designated March 2nd as Read Across America day. In honor of Dr. Seuss' birthday, we planned to play educational games and explore the Seussville website during our computer class. Since we had a "snow day" today we were not able to meet for computer class, but students are welcome to visit this site on their own.

]]>Tue, 25 Feb 2014 21:38:57 GMThttp://grymeslab.weebly.com/grade-2-blog-2013-2014/more-fun-with-fontsToday the students will continue to explore ways to change text in Microsoft Word documents. They will open the document they saved in their personal folder last week and complete the activity.

]]>Tue, 18 Feb 2014 18:22:31 GMThttp://grymeslab.weebly.com/grade-2-blog-2013-2014/fun-with-fontsToday the students are going to be working with text in Microsoft Word. They will learn how to systematically change the way fonts look including use of bold, italics, underline, font size, color, justify, and changing fonts. They will also practice saving the changes they make to the document in their personal folder.

]]>Wed, 12 Feb 2014 01:50:28 GMThttp://grymeslab.weebly.com/grade-2-blog-2013-2014/make-a-flake1 Today students will continue to work on mouse and fine motor skills as they create beautiful snowflakes using the Make-A-Flake online tool. They will then pick a favorite snowflake to use with the snowflake poem they have written for their classroom project.